Where does “unsaturable” come from?
unsaturable (English) comes from English saturable, from Latin saturabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
unsaturable (English): Not saturable
Definitions
- Not saturable
Ancestry of “unsaturable”, step by step
unsaturable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English saturable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | saturable | Capable of being saturated, of achieving... |
| 2 | Latin | saturabilis | satiable |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |